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The Space Development Agency taps 19 companies for future defense demo missions


The Space Development Agency has selected 19 companies to compete for future contracts under a new program designed to rapidly onboard new contractors for

These companies have essentially been preapproved to bid on future prototype missions to support the SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, a massive planned satellite constellation in low Earth orbit that will provide missile tracking and advanced communications capabilities for the DOD. According to the program solicitation, HALO contracts “will focus on rapid, end-to-end mission demonstrations designed to launch 2 identical satellites” between 12 and 18 months after the award date. The Space Development Agency has already awarded hundreds of millions in contracts to private companies to help establish a missile tracking and communications satellite constellation in low Earth orbit.

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